Protector for desks



' .To all whom. y1' #may concern I UNITED. STAT-Es 'A' RBERfT/HEN'Ry MESTER, OF WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI.

/j y I PROTECTOR Foa DEsxs."

Specification of Letters Patent'.

Be it known that I, Roiiii'r HENRY Mnsiiiii, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of lvebster Groves, in the county ot` St. Louis and State ot' Missouri, have inyented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Desks', .of which the following is a specifica-tion.

My invention is an improvement in protectors for desks and the like, to prevent scarring and spliiitering of thev desk edges, and of the chair when they are struck together, the protectors being arranged at s fiicli point on the desk edges that they will be engaged by the chair, to prevent injury to the desk or tothe chair.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view ot a desk having the improved protectors,

Fig. 2 is a .perspective view of a protector removed.

^ Fig. 3 isa section on the line 3 3l of4 Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a 'section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the improved protector, which is ot rubber, or like material, is shown in connection with a desk 1, the'protectors being arranged on the corners ot the pedestal 2 of the desk at the front thereof, at such height that they will be engaged by a chair `when pushed against the. desk.

'Each of lthe protectors isof angular formation, consi'stingjof similar portions 3 and S, extending at approximately a right angle with" respect to each othei, and integrally connected. and each of the said portions is of greatest thickness atl its junction with the other. portions, gradually decreasing iny thickness toward its free'edge.

Each portion has openingsfnearits ends, tor receiving screws, indicated at .5, for connecting the protector to the desk, and these openings, as shown in Fig. 3, are flaring, or coiinterfsunk. to receive the heads of the screws, and to leave -said lheads iush with the outer tace ot the protector.

Intermediate its ends. the protector is grooved transversely. both portions being so grooved, the grooves indicated at 6 extending from one side edge ot the protectorto P'AjiiaN-iy, foFFICE.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

Application filed Augu'st 17, 1920. Serial No. 404,234.

the other on the concaveface thereof, and

-tlie grooves are separated from each other by a .rib 7 ot material which is left in forming f the grooves. Thus the protector is partially hollow on its inner tace, that is, on. the face which abuts th surface of the desk, these hollows torming'air pockets for increasing the resiliency of the protector.

In practice,- the protectors will have a length of about 4 inches, and a width such that the portions 3 `at the front do not interfere. with the movement of the drawers. That is, each portion will have a width somewhat less than the parting strip at the side otthe drawer openings.

' I claim 1. A protector of the class described coniprising a body of yieldable material provided with wings having their innei' sides formed with pairs'of spacedgrooves defining air pockets, and ribs Adisposed between said pairs of grooves, thereby separating the saine, tlie portions of said wings sur-- rounding said air pockets being adapted to tlatl'yv contact with the article to which the protector is secured tor entirely closing said air pockets. f

2. A protector ot the class described, comprising a body of vieldable material provided with wings having their inner surtaces formed with pairs of spaced grooves defining .a'ir,pockets, and ribs disposed between said pairs of grooves thereby separat` g the. saine, the inner sides of said ribs ting flush with' 4the inner surfaces ofthe wings. the portions of said wings surroundcontact with the article to which the protector is secured for entirely closing said air pockets.

3. A levice of the kclass described. com-- prising a body ot' yieldable material provided with a pair of wings gradually'reduced toward their outer edges and formed in their inner sides with comlmiinicating grooves defining air pockets. said grooves being gradually increased in depth from the. outer edges of said wings, the portions' of said wingssurrounding said air pockets be,

ing adapted to flatly contact with the article to which the protector is secured for entirely closing said air pockets.

4, A'lprotecting device of the elass described, comprising a body o'yieldalble mab. -terlal being approxlnmtely Lshaped 1n cross section and formed with wings having their Ainner vsides provided with gradually deepgrooves thereby separating the same, said wings being grgldually reduced in thickness from their inner to their outer edges and 10 provided with attaching means, the surfaces of said ribs being Hush with the inner faces ot' said wings.

ROBERTl HENRY MESTER. 

